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Parvan's brother Hassim dies during a bombing.
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The Taliban and The Breadwinner
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Parvana's dad gets arrested one night when the Taliban soldiers break into their house. Her mom becomes depressed and just layed in bed for days.
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The Taliban, under the leadership of Mullah Muhammad Omar, seize control of Kabul and implement strict interpretation of Islamic law.
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Parvan isn't in school anymore and her family is living in a one room apartment.
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Parvana went to the market and ran into Mrs.Weera who went back home with Parvana and helped get things back to the way they were.
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Everyone thinks it's a good idea for Parvana to become a boy so that she can make money at the market.
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Parvana decides to cut her hair and help her family earn money.
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The taliban fail to capture the city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
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The U.S launches missiles bin Laden bases in retaliation for the bombing of embassies in Africa.
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The Taliban take over the city of Bamian.
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The Taliban form an alliance with Ahmed Shah Massoud. Fighting breaks out again in July.
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Afghanistan
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The Taliban take Mazar-i-Sharif. Thousands of Shiites were executed.
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The U.N. imposes an air embargo and freezes Taliban assets in an attempt to force them to hand over bin Laden for trial.
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Civil war pushes 200,000 more Afghans into refugee camps.
